Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The ancient inhabitants of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona are associated with nearly all major archaeological cultures of the Southwest, including Mogollon, Mimbres, Hohokam, Ancestral Pueblo, and Salado. The stylistic and technological traditions associated with these archaeological cultures show evidence of migration and intense cross-cultural interaction during some intervals and local development in relative isolation during others. Until recently, the complicated archaeological record of this area was poorly documented with the exception of the Mimbres. Over the past decade, this record has been intensively examined by a number of researchers from the Early Agricultural Period to the Salado at end of the pre-Hispanic sequence. Posters in this session highlight both the diversity and broad temporal scope of recent research that is transforming our knowledge and interpretation of the archaeological history of this important area.

Other Keywords
Mogollon • Ceramic Analysis • Hohokam • Ancestral Pueblo • Material Culture and Technology • Ritual and Symbolism • Lithic Analysis • Architecture • Migration • Environment

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Baja California (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country)

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  • An Alternative Explanation for a Modified Rabbit Innominate Spatulate Tool (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert DeBry. Kristin Corl.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. ​Bone tools are not always recognized in a zooarchaeological analysis, and often once identified, the function or use is even more difficult to define. A modified rabbit innominate found by the authors in two Jornada-Mogollon sites presented here is one such example. The...

  • Archaeological Survey in Arizona’s Upper Gila River Valley: 2014 - 2018 (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Whisenhunt. John Roney. Robert Hard.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Southeastern Arizona’s upper Gila River Valley is an understudied area that includes both large, aggregated prehistoric sites and small rock ring, pithouse, and pueblo sites from the Early Agricultural to Salado periods. University of Texas at San Antonio Field School...

  • Cache Flow: An Analysis of Vessel Assemblages from the Elk Ridge Site (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Danielle Romero.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Designs on Mimbres pottery have long fascinated archaeologists. These complex geometric and figurative images can shed light on daily activities, household organization, and groups of potters. Excavations at the Elk Ridge Site, a large Classic Mimbres pueblo in the northern...

  • Classic Period Projectile Point Traditions in Southeastern Arizona (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Stacy Ryan.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Similar projectile point types were used by people in central and southern Arizona during the Classic Period (A.D. 1150-1450), a time when considerable changes occurred within the region. An analysis of over 600 points was conducted to examine how social, technological, and...

  • Coalescence within the Gila River Farm Site and other Salado Settlements of the Upper Gila (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Christopher La Roche. Jeffery Clark.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeology Southwest and the University of Arizona's Upper Gila Preservation Archaeology Field School (UGPA) have conducted excavations for three field seasons (2016-2018) at the Gila River Farm Site. This poster evaluates the extent of coalescence between Kayenta immigrant...

  • Contextualizing the Differences Between Upper Gila and Mimbres River Valley Ceramic Design Elements (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Patricia Gilman. Jakob Sedig. Darrell Creel.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This poster updates our previous research that examined similarities and differences between upper Gila Valley and Mimbres Valley painted ceramic designs. That work focused on the identification and quantification of stylistic elements and demonstrated that there are some...

  • The Cultural Importance of Obsidian in the Upper Gila Area (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Shiloh Craig.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Obsidian is a common flaked stone raw material in archaeological sites in the Upper Gila area of southwest New Mexico. Recent excavations at the Cliff phase Salado (AD 1300-1450+) site of Gila River Farm recovered numerous examples of flaked stone tools, projectile points,...

  • Ongoing Investigations at the Gila River Farm Site (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Devlin Lewis. Leslie Aragon.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The manifestation of the Salado Phenomenon in the Upper Gila is expressed as a combination of local Mogollon traits and traits associated with immigrants from northeastern Arizona. New communities that were formed in the generations after initial migration incorporated...

  • Plain Pots Do Travel: Insights into Mogollon Early Pithouse Period Pottery Circulation (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Lori Barkwill Love. Jeffery R. Ferguson. Darrell Creel.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ceramics in the Mogollon region, particularly the Mimbres Mogollon, have been the focus of numerous neutron activation analysis (NAA) studies to discern pottery circulation and social networks throughout the region. However, most of these studies have focused on the painted...

  • Resource Use and Sustainability of the Gila’s South Diamond Creek Pueblo (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kailey Martinez.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness are the names ascribed to rich mountainous land spanning between western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. This land was once home to the people of the Mimbres culture. The environments within the Gila vary due to different...

  • The Sanchez Site: An Early Agricultural and Early Pithouse Period Cerro de Trincheras on the Upper Gila River, Arizona (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Hard. John Roney. A.C. MacWilliams. Mary Whisenhunt. Karen Adams.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Sanchez cerro de trincheras is situated on a 650-foot mountain above the Gila River in the eastern end of the Safford Valley, Arizona. The site contains about 130 rock rings clustered on and near the top of the ridge and has perimeter walls with an aggregate length of...

  • Textile Production in the Emerging Hohokam Ballcourt World (2019)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Matthew Steber.

    This is an abstract from the "Local Development and Cross-Cultural Interaction in Pre-Hispanic Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The development of the Hohokam regional ballcourt system in the Phoenix basin caused an economic shift during the Colonial period that increased the need for trade goods. Surplus cotton became a valuable commodity for communities situated on heavily irrigated river valleys....